How Infertility Affects the Male Partner

What are some of the effects of infertility on a male partner? Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Elizabeth A. Grill, Associate Professor of Psychology at The Center for Reproductive Medicine & Infertility Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Dr. Ali Domar, Executive Director, at Domar Center for Mind/Body Health.

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What percentage of infertility is caused by male factor infertility? By a combination of male and female infertility?
Do men experience infertility differently depending on if they or their partner are the primary cause of the infertility?
Why does our society overlook the pain of the men when going through infertility?
How do men often express grief?
How do our societal and cultural beliefs about maleness and virility affect men going through infertility?
How often is erectile dysfunction or impotency a secondary side effect of the stress of infertility?
Making the decision to use donor sperm?
How can the female partner help her husband cope with the effects of infertility and infertility treatment?
How can the male partner help his wife cope with the effects of infertility and infertility treatment?
How to handle the temptation for both partners to withdraw and suffer alone?
How to maintain intimacy when going through fertility treatment?
How to find a therapist that specializes in infertility?
Apps mentioned in show:
- fertistrong.com
- ferticalmapp.com